Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal John Tong Hon as bishop of Hong Kong. Coadjutor Bishop Michael Yeung Ming-cheung, 70, succeeds the cardinal as head of the diocese.
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In China a Nobel Peace Prize winner dies in state custody
Mr. Liu’s death stoked anger among his supporters because of Beijing’s refusal to allow him to travel abroad to seek treatment. Many also accused the Chinese authorities of withholding information about his illness until it was too late to be treated.
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Was treatment denied to an imprisoned ailing Nobel Peace Prize winner in China?
If Mr. Liu’s health situation had been carefully monitored, as suggested by the authorities, it only raises more questions about why his illness had developed into late-stage cancer by the time he was put on medical parole, his friends and rights groups say.
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Vatican worries about ‘forcibly removed’ bishop in China
The Vatican expressed “grave concern” on Monday for a Chinese bishop who it says was “forcibly removed” from his office several weeks ago and whose whereabouts are unknown.
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Release confined bishop, German ambassador to China says
The German ambassador to China called on authorities to end the apparent confinement of a Catholic bishop.
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Will her Catholic faith make a difference in how Carrie Lam leads Hong Kong?
The political mandate for Hong Kong’s chief executive comes from China, and Ms. Lam has a record of pushing policies favored by Beijing.
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The extraordinary life of China’s Jesuit Mr. Rogers
George “Jerry” Martinson, S.J., was one of the most significant Jesuits to work in China since World War II and almost certainly the most well known.
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The once officially atheist China is booming with religion
When Ian Johnson first went to China as a student three decades ago, he pronounced religion there “dead.” But Johnson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist now based in Berlin and Beijing, has witnessed a transformation, one he documents in “The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao,” published in April. China is experiencing “one of the great […]
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I-Spy in China: a revival of Mao-era paranoia?
Forty years after the end of the Cultural Revolution, schoolchildren in China are once again being mobilized for an anti-espionage drive reminiscent of the Mao era.
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China bans “defamation” of Communist Party heroes
A draconian law adopted by the National People’s Congress is aimed at preventing Chinese citizens from challenging the Communist Party’s version of history.